master workman

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In a day of haphazard fiction and rodomontade criticism, the advent of a master workman is likely to be unheralded, if, indeed, he is fortunate enough to find a publisher to put him between covers.

From Arthur Machen A Novelist of Ecstasy and Sin by Starrett, Vincent

Then I was by him, as a master workman: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him.”

From The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

He had become a master workman, and built a ship for some Boston merchants on the river Sheepscote, a few leagues from his native Kennebec.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles

A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

"Don't want him," said the master workman, "he has got a bad mark."

From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by Cole, E. W. (Edward William)